Alvin Plummer and Ellen J Boucher (couple 11)

[Jen's maternal GGGGrandparents]
[Ray Mitchell Jr > Elsie F. Plummer > Edward Clark Plummer > couple 11]

Alvin Plummer
BIRTH: 16 JUL 1827, Raymond,Cumberland,Maine
DEATH: 14 Feb 1888, Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine

Ellen J Boucher
BIRTH: 29 Jan 1836, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine
DEATH: 20 Mar 1904, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Alvin Plummer
Alvin Plummer was the last child born in 1827 to William Plummer (1780-1828) and Hannah Plummer (1787-1877) (they were first cousins), the 9th of 10.

1. William Plummer Jr (1806-1877) m Jane Harmon (1813-1890)
2. Harriet Plummer (1807-1894) m 1825 John Hayden (1800-1846)
3. Ai Plummer (1810-1872) m 1840 Judith (1820-??)
4. Elizabeth (1813-??)
5. Daniel (1815-1845) m. Catherine
6. Mary Jane  (1817-1906) m 1842 Ai Plummer Sevey (1815-1899)
7. Hannah (1820-??)
8. Jason (1822-1897) m Caroline Libby (1821-??)
9. Jesse (1824-1862)
10. Alvin (1827-1888) m. 1853 Ellen J Boucher (1836-1904)

Alvin's father died shortly before his first birthday, so he never had memories of his father. 

Uncle Jesse's house, from Raymond and Casco

1850 Census
 When Alvin was 23 years old, he owned $475 worth of real estate, and worked as a farmer, but was living with his mother Hannah and and step-father Samuel Davis (1794-1873).  The region of Raymond, ME which they farmed has multiple Davis and Plummer families, which brings to context how so many cousins ended up marrying one another.

Ellen Boucher
At the same time (in 1850), Ellen was 15, living with her parents, Joseph Boucher (1804-1854) and Sarah Cheever Plummer (1811-1893), farming with their 8 children in Cape Elizabeth.  Joseph was from Belfast, Ireland, and Sarah was from Scarborough.  The farm value at the time was $600, and the two oldest sons were working the farm with their dad.  The farm was medium sized, compared to the neighbors.

1. James  (1833-1907)
2. Joseph H  Jr. (1834-1903) m Adelaide C Dorrothy (1843-1922)
3. Ellen J (1836-1904) m 1853 Alvin Plummer (1827-1888)
4. Ernestine (1838-??)  m 1865 Edward Rackleff Clark (1839-1913)
5. John William (1841-??) m 1870 Fannie Elizabeth Folsom (1844-??)
6. Sarah (1846-??) m 1868 E Frank Boothby (1845-??)
7. Minerva L (1848-??)  m 1869 John L Winship (1845-??)
8. Frederick M (1851-??) m Jennie Haggett (1853-??)

There may have been one other male child older than James, because the 1840 census says there was a 10-15 year old boy in the house.  (Though it could have been a hired boy to help with the farm).

Ellen's father passed away in 1854, before any of Ellen and Alvin's children were born.  Sarah would continue to live for about 40 years as a widow in Cape Elizabeth.

In 1870, her oldest son James (in 1870), who was a rolling mill employee, was head of house.  Also, in 1870, Minerva (22) and her husband, John Winship (24, a brush maker) lived with them, and their little baby, Frank A (7 mos).  Fred (20) and his wife Jennie (17) also lived with the family.

Sarah died in 1893 "of jaundice", and was buried in South Portland in Brown's Hill Cemetery.

Life Together
Alvin married Ellen J Boucher on April 16, 1853 in Cape Elizabeth.  They

postcard, from here

established a household in Raymond initially, before moving to Scarborough a few decades later.  They subsequently had 9 children, all of whom survived to adulthood.

Children
1. Joseph B (1855-1936) m 1878 Isabel Folsom (1849-??)
2. Samuel Davis (1857-1917) m. 1892 Alice Haven Witham (1867-1930)
3. Edward Clark (1860-1941) m. 1888 Isa May Libby (1867-1931)
4. Ada Louise (1861-1934)
5. Sarah (1863-1935) m. 1888 Frank Delang Sterling (1863-1940)
6. Harriet Ellen (1867-1951) m 1891 Charles F Ayer (1865-??)
7. Almira Hasty (1870-1955)
8. Caroline M (1873-1934) m 1894 Albert S Witham (1869-1930)
9. Clifford Alvin (1878-1965) m 1901 Clara Louise Hayes (1871-1923) m2. 1923 Marie Bosworth (1895-??)

Brief history of Raymond.
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1860 Census
By 1860, Alvin and Ellen had three children, Joseph B (1856), Samuel (1857), and Edward (1860).  They were farming in Raymond during that point.

At some point during this decade, he moved his family, along with his mother and step-father  from Raymond into a single household in Scarborough.

1870 Census

Nearby NoneSuch Farm, 1900 ft. Ebenezer Scott Libby

 In the town of Scarboro, using the Post Office at Windham, Alvin and Ellen are working a $3000 farm with their four children, Joseph (15), Samuel (13), Sarah (7), and Hattie (3).  Samuel and Hannah Davis have moved back in with them (ages 75 and 83, respectively), along with house helper Cornelius Leary.

1880 Census
 Alvin (53) and Ellen (47) have a good farm, and Samuel (23), Ada L (18), Sarah (16), Hattie (12), Almira (9), Carrie (7), and Clifford (2) are at home.

Alvin died on Valentines Day 1888 in Scarborough at age 60, and was buried in Black Point Cemetery.

Ellen would go live with her son Samuel (42) and his wife Alice (32) and their 7 kids (a politician who lived at 138 Eastern Promenade, Portland), and live until 10 March 1904, at age 70 due to diabetes.  She was buried at Black Point Cemetery, Scarborough.

Samuel Davis Libby was later the Sherriff of Portland, and his brother Edward Plummer was one of his deputies.  Samuel D. Plummer later ran Nonesuch Farm, and was known as a Portland real estate agent, legislator, sheriff and pig farmer.

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